AHIP NONDISCRIMINATION TRAINING
2022/2023 WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
ACA SECTION 1557 DIFFERS FROM EARLIER LEGISLATION IN PROVIDING
BROADER PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON ✔✔SEX
SECTION 1557 OF THE AFFORDABLE
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AHIP NONDISCRIMINATION TRAINING
2022/2023 WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
ACA SECTION 1557 DIFFERS FROM EARLIER LEGISLATION IN PROVIDING
BROADER PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON ✔✔SEX
SECTION 1557 OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT APPLIES TO ✔✔ALL HEALTH
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITES ADMINSTRATED BY OR RECEIVING FEDERAL
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM HHS.
WHICH MEDICARE PROGRAMS ARE COVERED BY ACA SECTION 1557? ✔✔PARTS
A,C, AND D, BUT NOT B
UNDER ACA SECTION 1557, PROHIBITED ACTION INVOLVE ✔✔ELIGIBILITY,
CLAIMS, AND MARKETING
UNDER ACA SECTION 1557, A PERSON ✔✔CANNOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
BASED ON HER LEGAL OR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION STATUS OR ABILITY TO SPEAK
ENGLISH.
UNDER ACA SECTION 1557, A HEALTH PLAN ✔✔CANNOT DENY COVERAGE TO
LEP INDIVIDUALS AND IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE TO
THEM, FREE OF CHARGE
WHICH OF THESE ACTIONS IS MOST LIKELY TO BE PERMITTED IN DEALING WITH
A PERSON WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY? ✔✔ALLOWING A CHILD TO
INTERPRET IN AN EMERGENCY.
UNDER ACA SECTION 1557, SEX DISCRIMINATION INCLUDES A PERSON'S ✔✔SEX,
PREGNANCY, SEX STEREOTYPES, OR GENDER IDENTITY.
UNDER ACA SECTION 1557, A HEALTH PLAN SOLD THROUGH A STATE EXCHANGE
MAY, BASED ON AN INDIVIDUALS AGE ✔✔CHARGE HIGHER PREMIUMS.
ACA SECTION 1557 RULES FOR DISABILITY CONCERN ✔✔POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES, PHYSICAL ACCESS, AND COMMUNICATION.
FOR A HEALHT PLAN, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATIONS
OF ACA SECTION 1557? ✔✔LOSS OF FEDERAL BUSINESS AND COMPENSATORY
DAMAGES.
AS A RESULT OF VIOLATIONS OF ACA SECTION 1557 NONDISCRIMINATION
RULES. ✔✔A HEALTH PLAN REVOKE AN AGENT OR BROKER'S APPOINTMENT
WITH THE HEALTH PLAN.
IF A HEALTH PLAN VIOLATES ACA SECTION 1557 NONDISCRIMINATION
PROTECTIONS, IT MAY BE ✔✔REQUIRED TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION AND
SOMETIMES PAY DAMAGES, AND IT MAY BE SUED BY INDIVIDUALS.
WHICH AREA OF POTENTIAL DISCRIMINATION IS NOT GENERALLY COVERED BY
ACA SECTION 1557? ✔✔EMPLOYMENT
Which entity enforces Section 1557 for programs that receive funding from on are administered
by HHS ✔✔The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of HHS.
Which of the following would be considered permissible under Section 1557 and the 2020 Final
Rule? ✔✔Broker Mary Jones has recruited a diverse workforce. She encourages her agents to
prospect through community-based marketing and within their community of influence.
Under Section 1557, 2020 Final Rule sex is defined ✔✔as biologic sex only, meaning whether a
person was determined to be male or female at birth.
For a health plan, what are the possible consequences of violations of ACA Section 1557?
✔✔Loss of federal business and compensatory damages.
Which of the following statements best describes the scope of operations subject to Section 1557
under the 2020 Final Rule? ✔✔Health insurers under the 2020 Final Rule are not considered to
be principally engaged in delivering health care, and thus lines of business that do not receive
federal funding or administered under Title I of the ACA, such as life insurance, do not fall
under the scope of 1557.
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